Friday 10 July 2015

French Infantry are done!

I've done it! The last 7 infantry models for my French Bolt Action force are now painted!

This means the army is very nearly done - all I have left is a Panhard 178 armoured car, a medium howitzer (which has yet to arrive from Mad Bob Miniatures) and the mortar.

Not having the mortar painted yet is a bit weird as I have done these guys:

I'm pretty sure we've forgotten something...

Unfortunately though the mortar is much easier to stick together if I also attach it to the base, and I somehow managed to leave all appropriately sized bases in the loft, so that'll need to wait until I go up there and get one.

But I have done two riflemen, one of them with a VB launcher:

By this point I have very little left to say about French riflemen.

And of course the LMG team:

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So now I have four 10-man squads painted - that's a pretty solid core for a Bolt Action force.
Unfortunately the French squads can be up to 12 men, so I'm sorely tempted to get 8 more at some point and bulk the squads up further... but not for now!

So what has this done to my scores? Let's have a look.

For 2015 so far I'm on:
Painted: 71
Bought: 47

And for the Challenge, it looks like:
Painted: 14
Jokers Used: 1

8 comments:

  1. Nicely done and good luck with the continuing painting challenge. :)

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    1. Thanks! Almost time to do something different...

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  2. Well done Matt, these are lovely.

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    1. You're very kind! Hoping to find time to take some better photos of the whole force at some point...

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  3. What size/shape of base do you need for the mortar? I might be able to save you a trip to the loft.

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    1. Round, I'm not sure of the exact size though. Possibly 70mm? I'd know it if I saw it!

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    2. Ahhh, that's bigger than the ones I have. It's not just for the mortar, is it? You want to be able to stand your crew on there as well, don't you? Can't help then.

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